Maliseet/Powwow
What are powwows?
Indigenous gatherings that celebrate culture, music, dance, fashion, food, and crafts.
What is another name for Old English?
Anglo-Saxon
Why is the Hudson's Bay Company famous?
It is Canada's oldest business.
Who were the first Europeans to settle in Canada?
The Vikings
Which river flooded the city?
Saint John River
What is regalia?
Traditional ceremonial clothing worn at powwows
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Colloquial words
Which animal pelts did the fur traders collect?
Beaver, fox, wolf and bear
What does the word "Quebec" mean?
Where the river narrows
In the story, what floated away?
The railway bridge
Which bird is sacred to the Maliseet, and why?
The eagle - flies closest to the creator
What is a Lingua Franca?
A common language between people who speak different languages
What was the name of the land owned by the HBC?
Rupert's Land
What did John Cabot do?
He mapped the Atlantic Coast of North America
Why did people panic?
The phone lines were severed - there was no way to communicate with people outside of the city
What is the origin of the word Maliseet, and what is the true name of the Maliseet people?
"Lazy talker" in Mi'kmaq. True name - Wolastoqiyik
What are cognates?
Words that come from the same root word
How did two French fur traders change the history of Canada?
They told the English king about the valuable fur in Canada, leading to the founding of the HBC.
Why were Métis to the fur trade?
They spoke European and Indigenous languages and represented a link between cultures
What caused the flood?
An ice jam at the bridge
Which five nations formed the Wabanaki Confederacy?
Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Abenaki, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot
Give an example of a subjunctive sentence.
I wish I were rich.
If I were rich, I would buy a house.
Other than fur, what did the HBC make money from? Name 5 things.
Farmland, mineral mining, real estate, petroleum, natural gas, department stores (clothing, food, furniture, etc)
What was the result of the Treaty of Paris?
France surrendered all territory in North America except Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Why did the bridge engineer run as fast as he could across the bridge shortly before it collapsed?
To get the children who were climbing the bridge off of it